General
General
Object Auto ID
67228
Alternate Codes
230902
Common Name
Pencil on paper
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
Gonah Hottentot; A collection of pencil sketches
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Twelve drawings on paper attached to seven sheets of cardboard. (Part of a sketchbook, see 1215) Head and shoulders of an indigenous Khoi man wearing a fur cap and a kaross around his shoulders.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Distinguishing Features

Khoi indigenous

Inscriptions
Title "Gonah Hottentot" along the bottom.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed in an album.; Book closed 490 x 570 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1850-1870
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, 1812-1869. DE SMIDT, Abraham, 1829-1908
Collector Comment
Pencil on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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